Netflix Open Sources One of its Simians for Cloud-Testing

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Netflix is known for its Simian Army, which it lets loose to test its service every once in a while. The cloud calls for strict availability and reliability, and the only way to ensure this is through stringent testing. Netflix has an amusing nomenclature for its testing strategy. It likes to group its cloud testing tools into a simian army. As amusing as that may be, when it comes to implementation, the simian army is a piece of commendable technical wizardry. The Latency monkey, Doctor Monkey, Janitor Monkey, Security Monkey, all are part of the simian army at Netflix.Recently, Netflix ha
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